Be Valiant Podcast Episodes
Featured Series
Sit Down With the Daughters
Todd Merkow sits down with his two daughters — Madison and Sydney — across three conversations that trace the full arc of what youth sports can give, take, and leave behind.
The Proctor Family Series
A three-part series exploring youth sports, identity, injury, and resilience through the eyes of one family — Jeff, Lisa, and Will Proctor.
February 11, 2026
You Are More Than Your Sport
The Proctor Family Series concludes with the voice that matters most: the athlete himself. Will Proctor — multi-sport kid from Manhattan Beach, top-100 national prospect, true freshman starter at the University of Georgia, Cape Cod League champion, Saturday starter for the Bulldogs, and now filmmaker — sits down with Todd Merkow to close the arc that Jeff and Lisa opened. This is the athlete's perspective on everything his parents described, and it's more honest, more self-aware, and more useful for parents than almost anything else in the series.
May 6, 2026
After the Final Whistle: Identity Loss, Anxiety & Finding Yourself Again
This is the episode Todd Merkow says is the reason he started Valiant Sports Society. In Episode 31, he sits back down with his youngest daughter Sydney — not to revisit the playing days, but to go somewhere far more difficult: what happened after the game ended for good. Sydney came back for a second conversation because the first one, Episode 3, only told part of the story. This time, she tells all of it.
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